what does a wild Dwarf Gourami look like?

I've been reading up a bit, as I am interested in acquiring a single male Dwarf Gourami for my 3ft community tank.
It seems that all the Dwarf Gouramis available nowadays come from the Asian fish farms, where they have unfortunately bred the ruggedness out of them.

Apparently the wild strain is very colourful and also less prone to illness (but potentially sensitive to our super hard water? (although my wild caught otos seem ok))

Does anybody have a photo they can post of a true 'wild' DG, so that I will recognise it when I see it.. (hopefully this weekend )

thanks

 

Let me google that for you

 

lmga hahaha:rofl:

Here's an old thread mentioning wild gourami's, maybe contact @Moolis and see if he can order you some.

 

Best "Google is your friend" that I have seen in a long time.

 

thanks Good Times, I will send him a pm

I forgot about fishbase, here's a pic

 

Wildcolour doesn't mean wildcaught (few are!!). Big part of all Dwarfs (esp. Bred colourvariaties) are infected with Iridovirus (dwarf gourami disease), which almost certain will give a lot of problems, dying in short time. Try to find somefry from a home breeder in your neighbourhood. Surely don't buy asian import!!! Beautifull fish ; a shame they have been bred in this way.

 

Hi DD.. I'll make sure to avoid the imported ones. I've been eyeing the ones at the lfs, but they are not quite what I'm looking for (too much blue). hopefully somebody on TASA can hook me up with a locally bred specimen. I would be thrilled with something equivalent to the picture above.

 

I think it's one of the most beautifull fish, but one of the cases humans distroyed it cause if this reason. I'll try to post some info about Irido later. Why don't you get a couple. Don't keep this fish too warm, quite tank, low flow and lot of (floating)plants. When kept too warm they will constantly get in matingmood and will die in a short period using all it's energy for that. They'll get worn out !!

 

The more blue ones are over/interbred-ones. Surely neon / cobalt. Red has to be the mail colour.

 

hahaha! thanks, thats a good tip I may not have picked up otherwise... I've got PLENTY plants, and a nice floating variety too. I will post a pic of my setup once my log stops leeching tanins like a teabag. I think I will stick with just one at this stage, but may consider getting a few and seeing if I can get some babies going. Only if I get a good bloodline though. The ones with blue dont look so great, not only their colour but their features too

 

Was looking in a LFS-tank some time a go. There were about 30 Dwarfs : there was none with the same colour or bodyshape. Awefull. Don't get more males !!! That will mean WAR !!!

 

thats what I'm afraid of will get a nice male, he can be king of the tank and a harem of females for him to play with

 

http://www.aces.edu/dept/fisheries/education/ras/publications/Update/Iridovirus%20in%20gouramis.pdf

 

nice, thanks!